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Tag Archives: Gria
Symi: and now for something ……… unexpected
One of the things I have learned over the years visiting, travelling and trekking around Greece, and make a point of in my book ‘Greece Unpackaged’, is to deal with the unexpected. If things don’t go as planned, find a … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Health and humour, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather, Wildlife
Tagged Abandonned village, Flora, Gria, Oregano, Pedi, Symi, thunderstorms, thyme
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Symi and Nisyros: Back to old-fashioned island hopping
People often ask which is my favourite Greek island. Given that I spend more time on Symi than any other, the natural assumption is that the answer is self-evident. But it’s more complicated than that. True, I love the walking … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, History, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Wildlife
Tagged abandoned village, Gria, Micro Horio, Nisyros, ponds, Symi, Tilos, Volcano, Zoodohou Pighis
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Greece, Symi: there ……. and back!’
Despite a few nervous twitches as the UK government had Greece on the ‘watch list’ for potentially banning all except ‘essential travel’ I made it safely back to Symi, via Athens and Rhodes. Great to be there again. Some things … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, History, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Weather
Tagged Ag Marina, Ag Vasilios, Covid-19, Greece, Gria, Rhodes, Symi, Toli, Zoodohou Vrisi
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Symi: Spring and early Summer landscapes
I think that is the longest gap between blog posts on Barry’s Ramblings. Force of a range of circumstances. I had to return home to sort out some of the issues still unresolved when I flew back to Symi in … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring
Tagged deserted village, Greece, Gria, monasteries, Nimborio Bay, Pedi Bay, Pedi Valley, ponds, Symi
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Symi: a trek beyond the economic fringe
The deserted village of Gria set in limestone crags high above Pedi Bay has fascinated me ever since first ‘discovering’ it 15 years ago. The fact that it has a permanent pond, seemingly lost not only to sight but to … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, History, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Photography, Spring
Tagged deserted villages, dought, Drakos Fortification, Greece, Greek Spiny Spurge, Gria, Holy Orchid, orchids, Pyramid Orchid, Red Darter, Symi, Tongue Orchid, water, wild gladiolus, Zoodohout Pighis monastery
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Symi: back to a waterhole in the desert
During the summer on Symi and the other islands I visited, I went walking in the mountains every day. Since I have been home I have been out very little even though I live at the edge of the Brecon … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Grey Britain, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Pontypool, Reflections, Spring, Wildlife
Tagged aquifers, biarum marmarisense, brecon beacons national park, dragonflies, goat paths, Greece, Green Toads, Gria, Horio, hornets, Pedi, Pedi Valley, ponds, Pontypool, Pontypool Folly Tower, rainfall, Red-veined Darter, Symi, Wales, water hole, water levels, windmills
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Symi: a trek into the past
I’m fascinated by deserted settlements. They show the stark effects of seismic economic shifts, technological development, and climate change. They can also show how people lived decades ago. Whenever I am on Tilos I visit and write about the deserted … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, History, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Reflections, Wales, Wildlife
Tagged deserted village, dragonflies, gateway to the past, Ghera, Greece, Gria, Karpathos, Micro Horio, national heritage, Olymbos, Pedi, St Fagan's National History Museum, Symi, Tilos, time portal, traditional bread oven, Wales, water abstraction, water supply, Welsh Folk Museum, windmills
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Symi, Tilos, The Mani: rock with an edge!
I was introduced to rock climbing more years ago than I’m prepared to admit, though I will own up to being 13 at the time. I remember it vividly, not because it was exhilarating but because it was traumatic. It … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Wildlife
Tagged climbing, eroded limestone, Geomorphology, Greece, Gria, Italian Stallion, Kousoubas, Lake District, limestone, Manchester, Nimborio, Pedi, place names, rock climbing, Seathwaite Slabs, sharp rock, sport, Sylvester Stallone, Symi, The Mani, Tilos, Viros Gorge
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Symi: a trek to a waterhole in a desert
A week or so ago a friend and I headed back to the deserted settlement of Gria in the limestone crags high above Pedi. As ever, the first part of the walk is through the narrow stone-paved alleys of Horio … Continue reading
Posted in Greece, Hiking, Landscape, Mountains, Nature, Reflections, Spring, Wildlife
Tagged amphibians, bellflower, Black Rat Snake, campanula, deserted village, dragonflies, Greece, Gria, Gria pond, Βρύση Ζωοδόχου Πηγής, kitchen garden, Pedi Valley, pondlife, snakes, spiders, Spring of the Source of Life, Symi, threshing circle, windmills
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